CAN SPRING PLEASE COME SOONER I'M SICK OF COWERING AWAY FROM THE OUTDOORS!!!!Anyway, here is a quick post updating you on the books I'm currently reading(: I hope you all are having a lovely weekend full of amazing reads and large cups of tea. ​

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyCurrent Page: 157/964So far this book is pretty intriguing to me. I've never read a Russian literature book yet and reading about the time period (mid to late 1800s) is SO INTERESTING. If you know me personally, you are probably aware that I find Russian and Japanese history immensely enthralling ever since the beginning of my AP World History class. Learning more about the way society worked in this time period following the emancipation of slaves in 1861 and the creation of more liberal reforms is so much fun. Also, the writing continues to impress me with some of the metaphors Tolstoy crafts and beautiful imagery he depicts. In addition, the numerous complex relationships and characters always keep things fresh. I just wish there was a tiny bit more of editing done because I want to focus less on farming techniques and more on the plot (but that's just me).

Vicious by V.E. SchwabCurrent Page: 173/364Okay, so I don't know what's going on here. This book is very intriguing with a brilliant plot and dark characters. But, for some reason, it's taking me forever to get through it? Maybe it's because I started it at the end of January and the whole of February was a slump for me? I don't know but I'm inching through it slowly but surely. I've heard so many wonderful things about it so HOPEFULLY it won't turn into a DNF.

I'm hoping to finish these soon but Anna Katerina is an AMBITIOUS read, so honestly who knows how long it will take for me to get through these two. Hopefully soon though because I think I'll be picking up The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins next!!!

- Paige Jones xx

Firstly, I would like to state the fact that I stayed up ALL night to finish Queen of Shadows (literally, I went to sleep at 6:00 a.m.), and now I have to wait until SEPTEMBER until the next book in the series comes out. I could not be more upset about not having contact with Rowan until then. Honestly, I believe that one day Rowan, the glorious faerie prince, will cause me to spontaneously combust. And yes, you can expect a review on the first four Throne of Glass books soon.

Anyway, I believe it's time to inform you of my current reads.

Today, I will be picking up The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson immediately after finishing this post (it's waiting idly next to me). I think it's time for a nice contemporary after binge reading the high action and fantasy Throne of Glass ​series for the past week. Synopsis in seven words: Politician dad has scandal, alters Andie's reality. Goodreads rating: 4.17 Why did I choose to read this? Good reviews, and I remember enjoying Morgan Matson's other book, Since You've Been Gone. ​Predicted star rating: 3.75/ 5 Stars

I might also begin reading Summer Days and Summer Nights today which is a compilation of short stories by twelve acclaimed authors (including Cassandra Clare, Veronica Roth, and Libba Bray), edited by Stephanie Perkins. Synopsis in seven words: Twelve summer love stories by amazing authors.Goodreads rating: 3.60Why did I choose to read this? Because I absolutely loved Stephanie Perkins' last compilation of short stories, My True Love Gave to Me. And who doesn't love some sweet summer romance stories? Predicted star rating: 4/5 Stars ​

"Room" by Emma Donoghue Summary:To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits.

Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it is the prison where Old Nick has held her captive for seven years. Through determination, ingenuity, and fierce motherly love, Ma has created a life for Jack. But she knows it's not enough...not for her or for him. She devises a bold escape plan, one that relies on her young son's bravery and a lot of luck. What she does not realize is just how unprepared she is for the plan to actually work.

Told entirely in the language of the energetic, pragmatic five-year-old Jack, ROOM is a celebration of resilience and the limitless bond between parent and child, a brilliantly executed novel about what it means to journey from one world to another.

"If I Stay" by Gayle FormanSummary: Mia had everything: a loving family, a gorgeous, adoring boyfriend, and a bright future full of music and full of choices. Then, in an instant, almost all of that is taken from her. Caught between life and death, between a happy past and an unknowable future. Mia spends one critical day contemplating the only decision she'll ever make.

Simultaneously tragic and hopeful, this is a romantic, riveting, and ultimately uplifting story about memory, music, living, dying, loving.